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Literary Agent
Gentle reminder: there's a reason it's called "social media" rather than "Book Buying Guilt Fest." Things need to change if your feed so much as slightly resembles the following. #MondayMotivation #PubTip
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#pubtip. If an agent or editor rejects you, don't argue. Learn from the comments and find some place where your story better fits, or fix the issues we told you the story had.
Literary Agency
#pubtip Make sure there is a logical reason why A) your characters would meet; B) your characters would ever have a relationship; and C) this relationship would last beyond the conflict in your story.
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How long does a book have to be? If you're wondering about word counts for whatever you're writing, look here: katemckean.substack.com #pubtip
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What Agents and Editors Look for in Your #SocialMedia #PubTip bookendsliterary.com/2019/02/13/soc…
Publisher
Coffee with Kara: Prologues & Epilogues: The Good, Bad and Indifferent
ow.ly/PXp930nyq4a #PubTip #WritingTip #AmWriting #ACFW #inspy #AskAnEditor #AmQuerying
Literary Agency
#pubtip When you have grammar errors in your query letter, you are already setting yourself up for a rejection.
Literary Agency
#pubtip Please keep track of your submissions. I just had to reject someone AGAIN (this was the third time).
Literary Agent
When your pitch mentions the race or other characteristic of the marginalized of only one character, I know what the default of all the others is. #pubtip
Literary Agent
In your query letter, Catharine "Kate" McKean doesn't care that your main character goes by a nickname for the entirety of your novel. #pubtip
Literary Agent
Let this be the annual day I remind everyone that a novel is by definition fictional and thus "fictional novel" is redundant. It also earns an automatic neg in a query letter. #pubtip
Literary Agent
Today's #PubTIp: When working on a publishing contract that is over a dozen pages long, be sure to put your keyboard away when a toddler is... oh, I don't know, awake and grabbing everything nearby?
Don't think this publisher cares about a grant of rights for "aksdjhfajkldshf."
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Mary C. Moore @Mary_C_Moore
Writing is an apprenticeship. How you learn the craft is up to you. Don’t let anyone tell you different in an attempt to con you into spending money you don’t have.Some pretty solid advice in this thread...
#amwriting #writetip #pubtip
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Dahlia Adler @MissDahlELama
Things that feel like Must Haves but actually pretty much no one will notice if you have none:*swag
*business cards
*blurbs
Writers, you really don't need biz cards. Contact info should be on manuscripts/queries/emails. Handing me one in a pitch, separate from your work, means nothing when I get home and it's one in a stack (that gets tossed). #pubtip
Literary Agency
#pubtip Keep your synopsis simple. Focus only on the main storyline and don't obsess on the subplots unless TRULY necessary!
Editor
An ideal synopsis focuses on what happens in the book and is light on backstory. Too many synopses are mostly backstory.
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Literary Agency
“When pitching, don’t say there’s nothing out there like it. Embrace your comp titles. Know where you go on the shelf.” – Paula Munier #pubtip #publishing
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Maggie Smith @maggiesmithpoet
Today’s goal: Accept that sometimes dismantling has to happen before you can build. As you look at the mess of life’s pieces around you, know that the materials you need are there. Start sorting: Which can go? Which should stay? How will you use them? Start now. Keep moving.Authors: this applies to your writing, too. #pubtip
Literary Agency
#pubtip Please do not over exaggerate your writing history in a cover letter. A) Not cool; B) We will find out; and C) It is the easiest way to a rejection.